Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a684
From: a684@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Data Structures
Message-ID: <3179@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 90 01:27:10 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <1716.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>, ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us
(ForthNet articles from GEnie) writes:

>    2.) Why not have counted strings that are optionally null-terminated?

I wouldn't put them in ANS FORTH, since null-termination of a counted string
would be redundant information.  It's something that isn't used all that often.

The nice thing about FORTH is that if your application needs null-terminated
counted strings, uncounted packed strings or uncounted strings terminated with
Japanese Haikum (who knows what someone might need?), you have the tools to add
words to handle them.

Go FORTH and write your null-terminated counted string package!  :-)